Detention Center Maintenance Technician III

Our General Services Department is seeking a skilled and motivated Maintenance Technician III to join our dynamic team at the Detention Center. This position offers a diverse range of daily responsibilities, making each day unique while providing opportunities to apply existing expertise and develop new maintenance skills. The Maintenance Technician III also provides direction and leadership to a team of three maintenance technicians responsible for maintaining and supporting the facility’s operations, safety, and functionality.

The ideal candidate is a team player with strong communication, problem-solving, and time-management skills who can adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment. This mid-level position is well suited for individuals with a background in construction, building maintenance, or facility maintenance who enjoy hands-on work and take pride in keeping facilities safe and operational.

This is an essential position that requires participation in an on-call rotation and a commitment to supporting the critical operations of the Detention Center.

The purpose of this position is to be responsible for specialized technical, repair, and maintenance work in county buildings and properties, along with responsibility for supervising a work crew.

• Knowledge of county policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of operation and safety standards for a variety of machinery, power tools, hand tools, and heavy equipment used to perform assigned duties.
• Ability to perform skilled carpentry work including construction, repair or alteration of floors, roofs, stairways, partitions, doors, windows, screens, and other structures.
• Ability to hang sheetrock. Sand, paint or stain walls, woodwork, cabinets, tables, and other wooden articles.
• Ability to replace faulty switches, sockets, plugs, fuses, insulators, and other parts of electrical systems.
• Ability to install water and sanitary fixtures and equipment; analyze defects or malfunctions in plumbing systems, repair leaks by replacing valves; place faulty fittings or sections in line or install replacement fixtures.
• Move or relocate furniture and fixtures along with other heavy items.
• Ability to deal with people in a tactful and effective manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
• Ability to maintain records on repairs, purchase orders, and work orders.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.

Buncombe County Government realizes the importance of a diverse professional workforce and the need to foster a responsive and innovative organizational culture, one that fully engages all of our employees, honoring and building on each employee's unique experiences, opinions, and perspective.

It is the policy of Buncombe County to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, natural hair or hairstyles, ethnicity, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, pregnancy, veteran status, religious belief or non-belief, age, or disability or any other legally protected class under federal or NC State law. EEO practices and employment decisions regarding recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion and compensation shall not be based on any of these protected classes. In addition, the County expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination.